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Summary: The Security 101 show is a show that talks about computer security that everyone should know. We do not talk bits and bytes, decryption, unpacking, etc.... We talk in your language so that you and your family can understand. We feel that everyone needs to know some of the latest threats on the internet and how to protect yourself. Knowledge is power as the saying goes. With the internet and mobile exploding still you and your family are more at risk every day. With some knowledge you can know how to protect your financial and personal information. We will explain in basic terms how the latest malware and threats are working and what the creators get out of it. The entire malware and virus community has changed over the past few years.
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- Artist: John Gibert, Dennis Hawkins, Mike Myers
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There has been alot going around about Crypto Currencies like Bitcoin. It has created a ton of questions and we try to answer the most common questions in this episode of Security 101.
We talk about social engineer some in Security 101 and we talk about it a lot in Security Decoded. This week we talk about a few different methods of social engineering.
This week Mike talks about how to live privately in a social world. So your family is on facebook and all of the latest pictures of the grandkids end up on facebook but you do not want to be social and refuse to get a facebook account. You do not have to miss out, you can setup your facebook account where no one will know you are even there.
In this episode Mike provides a number of tips to help keep your kids safe while they are on the Internet.
Mike covers one of his biggest pet peeves around internet security, non secure home routers. There are some simple things that can be done to help secure your home router.
Our last week talking about credit cards. This one stems from a friend of Mikeu2019s posting a partial credit card image online. We also talk about the proper way to destroy a credit card.
After scaring everyone last week with the credit card skimmers this week we talk about how you can protect yourself and your credit from people that steal your information.
In this episode of Security 101 Mikes shows you how to use Guided Access on your iPad to help protect your iPad and your kids while they are using the iPad.
We want to help you get the latest information about what is happening in security that can affect you. This week we tell you how you can stay up to date on the latest threats.
Backups are a part of security that so many people do not even think about. Today Mike talks about the different options for backing up and how easy it is.
Do you install software from downloads like torrents? So many people install illegal copies of software (software not paid for). This video is not about not paying for the software but more about some security threats around installing the downloaded software.
We have all seen link shortenters around the internet, in fact if you have ever used twitter you have probably seen a ton of them. They are things like bit.ly/XT5GU7. Link shorteners themselves are not dangerous, but what the shortened link points to can be. We talk more about these in this weeks security 101.
How many rumors and possible scams have you heard about? I am sure hundreds, everybody has. How many "wives tails" have you heard? There is a site you can go to on the internet that keeps track of all these things so you can go get supporting or refutal evidence, etc. It is a neat site to just look through too. Bottom line, do not trust everything you read on the internet. Give snopes.com a look.
Don't get caught by email forward scams. Also, your friends will appreciate it if you stop sending them all of the junk mail too.
This week we tell you what to be cautious of when using browser toolbars. So many people have browser toolbars stacked on top of other toolbars then complain about how slow their machine is. That is not considering what the toolbar could be tracking about you. We talk about all of this and more in detail in this episode of security 101.
